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(Vatican Radio) After the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis announced the names of those
who will be created Cardinals at the upcoming Consistory.

Below, please
find the full text of the Holy Father’s announcement:

As was previously
announced, on February 22, the Feast of the Chair of Peter, I will have the joy of
holding a Consistory, during which I will name 16 new Cardinals, who, coming from
12 countries from every part of the world, represent the deep ecclesial relationship
between the Church of Rome and the other Churches throughout the world. The following
day [February 23] I will preside at a solemn concelebration with the new Cardinals,
while on February 20 and 21 I will hold a Consistory with all the Cardinals to reflect
on the theme of the family.

Here are the names of the new Cardinals:

1.
Pietro Parolin, Titular Archbishop of Acquapendente, Secretary of State

2.
Lorenzo Baldisseri, Titular Archbishop of Diocleziana, Secretary General of
the Synod of Bishops.

3. Gerhard Ludwig Műller, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus
of Regensburg, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

4.
Beniamino Stella, Titular Archbishop of Midila, Prefect of the Congregation
for the Clergy.

Let us pray for the new Cardinals, that vested in the virtues and
the sentiments of the Lord Jesus, the Good Shepherd, they might be able to help more
effectively the Bishop of Rome in his service to the universal Church.